Pandemics

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27.5.25

Mystery in Wuhan

Molecular biologist and science communicator Sigrid Bratlie has published a book in search of the origins of the COVID pandemic.

4.11.24

Policy note

Norway can, Norway should: Take the lead in halving premature death by 2050

Norway has played a leading international role in global health during the last 25 years, contributing to saving millions of lives. How should this work be continued? An expert committee, led by Camilla Stoltenberg, has released a report examining Norway's opportunities and challenges in global health up to 2050, providing recommendations to Norwegian policymakers.

30.8.2024

Senior Advisor Sigrid Bratlie discusses the lab leak theory in Dagsnytt 18

Senior Advisor Sigrid Bratlie meets Rein Aasland, professor of microbiology at UiO, and Minerva editor Nils August Andresen to discuss the possibility that a lab leak started the corona pandemic.

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7.6.24

Policy note

A lab leak may have started the corona pandemic

The corona pandemic has been the biggest global crisis of our time. It has cost millions of lives, trillions of dollars and inflicted countless other negative consequences on society. The origins of the pandemic remain an unanswered question. In this document, we review the available knowledge. Based on this, we assess it as of June 2024, as most likely that the pandemic was the result of an accident at a research laboratory in Wuhan, not from natural contagion from animals at the wet market close by. We also point out how both the political and scientific system have failed in dealing with the issue and thus stood in the way of designing a knowledge-based preparedness and prevention policy for future pandemics.

7.6.24

Policy note

Weapons, Plague and Gold - Opportunities and Threats of New Biotechnology

The twin revolutions in biotechnology and artificial intelligence will, in the future, dramatically increase the ability of humans to decode and program genetic code. This gives us the ability to design completely new biological functions and organisms - called synthetic biology. Synthetic biology will, over the next few decades, create trillion-class values and help us solve challenges in climate, animal welfare, food supply, medicine, vaccines, biomaterials and many other areas. At the same time, synthetic biology can have disastrous consequences either as a result of mishaps or intentional damage. In order to harness the enormous benefits that biorevolution can bring us, while avoiding the greatest dangers, we need to develop precise and ambitious policies. Download the memo to read more about this topic. If you would like to read the memo that specifically deals with the origin of the corona pandemic, you can find it here: www.langsikt.no/en/publikasjoner/lablekkasje.

16.10.23

Input

Consultation input to the Total Emergency Committee

The Centre for Long-Term Policy refers to a consultation letter dated 16 June 2023 in which the Ministry of Justice and Emergency Services asks for input on the Totalbereskapskommistionen's investigation NOU 2023:17 Now it is serious - Totalbereskapskommisjonen.

7.7.23

We are blind to the tragedies of the horizon

Major societal threats with a low probability of occurring during an election period, or with consequences only far ahead of time, are systematically neglected in politics. Does it have to be so?

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Skapt på lab i Kina

First published:

Dagbladet

18.6.2024

Teorier om hvordan covid oppstod har skapt stor splid, og flere blir sett på som konspiratoriske. Norsk forsker mener at viruset ble skapt på et laboratorium i Wuhan.

Sannsynlighetsovervekt for at koronapandemien oppstod i laboratorium

First published:

Minerva

14.6.2024

En fersk rapport vil en gang for alle rehabilitetere det som lenge ble sett på som en farlig konspirasjonsteori.

Sigrid Bratlie på Aftenposten-podcast om covid-pandemiens opphav

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Aftenposten

Sigrid Bratlie, seniorrådgiver i Langsikt, på Aftenposten sin podcast Ekstra-Lars for å snakke om lablekkasjeteorien.

Pandemics

Publications

Mystery in Wuhan

Norway can, Norway should: Take the lead in halving premature death by 2050

Senior Advisor Sigrid Bratlie discusses the lab leak theory in Dagsnytt 18

Team

Sigrid Bratlie

Publications

A lab leak may have started the corona pandemic

Weapons, Plague and Gold - Opportunities and Threats of New Biotechnology

Consultation input to the Total Emergency Committee

We are blind to the tragedies of the horizon

Media coverage

Media coverage

Skapt på lab i Kina

Sannsynlighetsovervekt for at koronapandemien oppstod i laboratorium

Sigrid Bratlie på Aftenposten-podcast om covid-pandemiens opphav

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Pandemics

Publications

Mystery in Wuhan

Norway can, Norway should: Take the lead in halving premature death by 2050

Senior Advisor Sigrid Bratlie discusses the lab leak theory in Dagsnytt 18

Team

Sigrid Bratlie

Publications

A lab leak may have started the corona pandemic

Weapons, Plague and Gold - Opportunities and Threats of New Biotechnology

Consultation input to the Total Emergency Committee

We are blind to the tragedies of the horizon

Media coverage

Media coverage

Skapt på lab i Kina

Sannsynlighetsovervekt for at koronapandemien oppstod i laboratorium

Sigrid Bratlie på Aftenposten-podcast om covid-pandemiens opphav

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